Oxy Sale Outside Secaucus' Red Roof Inn; Cocaine, Gun Found Inside: PD

SECAUCUS, NJ — Secaucus Police say they observed these two men take part in an Oxycodone sale Thursday night outside the Red Roof Inn.

At 8:26 p.m. Thursday, the Secaucus Police Anti-Crime Unit was patrolling near the Red Roof when they observed a suspected drug transaction take place.

The Anti-Crime Unit stopped Dylan Matus in the car he was riding in. Matus, 24, of Maywood, turned over ten suspected Oxycodone pills and he was placed under arrest.

Shortly thereafter, detectives located Anthony Cuccia, 26, of Ridgefield and determined he was the man who sold Matus the pills. He was placed under arrest and was also found to be in possession of cocaine.

A search of Cuccia’s room at the Red Roof Inn was then conducted:

In the room, police said they found more suspected cocaine, 75+ pills of suspected Xanax, 15 Oxycodone pills, 90+ Adderall pills, strips and pills of Suboxone, Cyclobenzaprine and more than $1,400 in cash. Additionally, a Smith and Wesson 9mm handgun and a magazine loaded with hollow-point ammunition was seized.

The handgun was reported stolen in Massachusetts last year.

Matus was charged with one single count of drug possession and released. Cuccia was charged with dozens of drug charges, plus gun charges and money laundering. He was lodged in the Hudson County Jail.

“The work of my Anti-Crime Unit is unparalleled,” Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. “The Anti-Crime Unit will continue to proactively investigate vice crimes at our local hotels and arrest those individuals who think they will use our hotels as a safe haven to commit their nefarious acts."

In January, Hollywood movie "Maybe I Do" filmed at Secaucus' Red Roof Inn; the motel was used as the place where Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon, both married to other people in the film, met for a seedy affair. In the movie, Gere lives in Montclair.

The movie stars Gere, Sarandon (an Edison native), Diane Keaton, William H. Macy and Emma Roberts.